PF PHOTO CONTEST - Are We Having Fun Yet? (10/17 - 10/24)

Click For Summary

Discussion Overview

The thread centers around a photo contest themed "Are We Having Fun Yet?" Participants are invited to submit digital photos that clearly represent the theme, with specific rules regarding submission and editing. The discussion includes various interpretations of the theme, humorous exchanges, and personal anecdotes related to the contest.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Meta-discussion

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares a photo taken on their way to work, humorously referencing the theme with a dialogue about a fair not yet opening.
  • Another participant questions the wording of the contest rules, suggesting a correction from "portrait" to "portrayed."
  • Several exchanges involve playful banter about the term "anal," with participants discussing different interpretations humorously.
  • A participant describes a photo of a family in a parade, noting the contrasting emotions of the parents and their child.
  • Another participant shares a photo link, referencing a character known as "Rat in the Hat," expressing their dislike for the character while acknowledging its popularity among children.
  • A participant mentions a sad picture related to the Beatles, specifically referencing the week John Lennon was killed.
  • One participant humorously describes a photo of a friend fixing a broken pipe, indicating uncertainty about the appropriateness of the submission.
  • A reminder is given about the approaching deadline for photo submissions.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a variety of interpretations of the theme, with some humorous exchanges and corrections, but no consensus is reached on the appropriateness of certain submissions or interpretations.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the rules and the theme's interpretation, leading to playful debates and corrections without resolving the underlying ambiguities.

ZapperZ
Staff Emeritus
Science Advisor
Homework Helper
Insights Author
Messages
32,819
Reaction score
4,723
Are We Having Fun Yet?

You are free to interpret the topic anyway you want. However, it has to be quite obvious how the topic is being portrayed in your photo.

Zz.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 650 x 490 or 490 x 650 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. You are also allowed to adjust the brightness and contrast of your picture but these should not dramatically alter the look of the picture. But other than those, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawl by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. These pictures must be something that you took, not something taken off someone else's photo albums or taken by someone else. I have no way of checking if you did this, so we'll go by the honor system.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread.

Zz.
 
Last edited:
Physics news on Phys.org
Perfect timing! I took this a day or two ago on my way to work one morning:

2947083821_e285c55088.jpg

"Are we having fun yet?" "Not yet, the fair doesn't open for a few more hours."
 
matthyaouw said:
Perfect timing! I took this a day or two ago on my way to work one morning:

2947083821_e285c55088.jpg

"Are we having fun yet?" "Not yet, the fair doesn't open for a few more hours."

Haha, that day when you were there all alone?
 
ZapperZ said:
it has to be quite obvious how the topic is being portrait in your photo.
Do you mean portrayed?
 
lol, PFers are so anal sometimes
 
tribdog said:
lol, PFers are so anal sometimes

Which anal?
 
the good one?
 
There are three,
anal expulsive and anal retentive
 
yep, that's the one
 
  • #10
A rousing discussion and some warm brews on a cold night? Yes we are having fun.


DSC01969.jpg
 
  • #11
robertm said:
A rousing discussion and some warm brews

...and a shiny cancerous tumor weighing over 75 lbs. What the hell is that?
 
  • #12
tribdog said:
...and a shiny cancerous tumor weighing over 75 lbs. What the hell is that?

Its a ceramic fruit centrepiece.
 
  • #13
I've always thought that this was the funniest picture that I've ever taken. This family obviously got selected to be in this parade. The parents looked very thrilled and happy to be in it, but the kid in the middle looked like he has had enough and can barely lift his arm to wave. :)

IMG_6601-1.jpg


Zz.
 
  • #16
I hate that #$@%%^&* rat. Three hours of that place gives me a headache, but the kids love it.
 
  • #17
kielbasa.jpg


We are just getting ready.
 
  • #18
fun_yet.jpg


In fact that's a sad picture, taken in the mid December 1980. Do you recognize the vinyl record?
 
  • #19
That's the Beatles's "Let It Be", no?

Zz.
 
  • #20
Yes. With a black paper stripe added in the left upper corner. That was the week Lenon was killed.
 
  • #21
Ok had to think about this one, Kind of a spin on the topic I guess. Was not sure if I should but the wife and kids are all for it so here goes! My buddy Jay fixing a pipe he broke, Don't ask what kind of pipe. mmmooouuuuahahahahah. He was not having fun yet.
152_5226-1.jpg
 
  • #22
You have less than 2 days left to submit a photo for this contest.

Zz.
 

Similar threads

  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Views
3K
  • · Replies 26 ·
Replies
26
Views
3K